B.C. Human Rights Tribunal orders nanaimo strata to take action on barriers that trapped woman in condo – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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A Nanaimo woman who has fought for accessibility improvements that would allow her to go to and from her home without help has won her human rights complaint. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/b-c-human-rights-tribunal-orders-nanaimo-strata-to-take-action-on-barriers-that-trapped-woman-in-condo/ Related

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B.C. Human Rights Tribunal orders nanaimo strata to take action on barriers that trapped woman in condo – Accessibility News International

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Bethany LindsayCBC NewsPosted: Sep 17, 2020 A Nanaimo woman who has fought for accessibility improvements that would allow her to go to and from her home without help has won her human rights complaint. A Vancouver Island wheelchair user who has spent years asking her strata for changes to make it possible to go to […]

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15 Moments Within the Fight for Disability Rights – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity. As with every other civil rights movement, the fight for disability rights is one that challenges negative attitudes and pushes back against oppression. But it is also more complex. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/15-moments-within-the-fight-for-disability-rights/ Related

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BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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I, an individual who requires a scooter for mobility, assured the driver that I was physically capable of securing myself without the driver’s assistance after the driver indicated that they were not comfortable securing my scooter due to the proximity and associated COVID 19 risks. The driver still refused to allow me to board the […]

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BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People – Accessibility News International

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By Lyle AttfieldJune 22, 2020 I was denied access to the bus identified above because the driver refused to let me board citing COVID 19 related safety concerns. I, an individual who requires a scooter for mobility, assured the driver that I was physically capable of securing myself without the driver’s assistance after the driver […]

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Ontario’s New Democratic Party and the Ontario Human Rights Commission Press the Ford Government to Take Substantially More Action to Address Ontarians with Disabilities’ Urgent Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

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Here are even more calls for the Ford Government to take substantially more action to address the urgent needs of Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Below we set out four important recent documents showing this crisis. The first three are from the Ontario New Democratic Party, and the fourth is from the Ontario […]

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N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilities – Halifax

N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilities Halifax

[ad_1] A human rights inquiry has found that the human rights of three people with intellectual disabilities were violated by confining them in a Nova Scotia hospital ward for more than a decade. The applicants in the case – Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone – had argued that the province should […]

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